Novice needs help making Pages autosave

This week I've had two incidents where my computer has slept or the battery has run down while I'm working on a paper in Pages and I've lost every bit of work I'd done since the last save (is it normal for the computer to shut down - as in needing to boot back up when I connect the charger - when it runs out of power?). I've found a few threads here that discussed how to make Pages autosave, but they presuppose a level of technical skill that I just don't have. Would anyone be willing to walk me through the steps to make Pages autosave so I don't end up having an anger-induced seizure?
And, can anyone give me some idea why Pages doesn't have an autosave function? It seems like a pretty egregious oversight.
Thanks.

Welcome to Apple Discussions Michael
Yvan Koenig has made an AppleScript available. I copied the info below from one of his previous posts.
(1) go to my idisk
<http://idisk.me.com/koenigyvan-Public?view=web>
Download
foriWork:autoSaveiWork.zip
Expand it,
double click on "autosave&zip4iWork.applescript"
Read the given explanations and apply them.
(2) Download SaveCircle
http://savecircle.softonic.fr/mac
As for the suggestion that this feature be included in a future version of Pages, I suggest you leave feedback for the Pages team regarding this. You can find it under the Pages menu > Provide Pages Feedback. That takes you to the same page as this link.
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